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Originally Posted by Paul
I see your desperation to point blame anywhere else is in full force atm.
Still, "Starting" is the important word, as already noted.
Any date is arbitrary, picked by some commander I expect.
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No desperation here - I’m not trying to point the blame anywhere else. Terrorists are responsible for the attacks they commit. Nation states are responsible for their response and whether they are proportionate (or in this case, not).
Nobody can truly watch the summary execution of paramedics the other day by the IDF and blame Hamas because of an event that happened 18 months ago. To do so is fundamentally to deny them the right to live, and by follow on, the Palestinian people the right to medical treatment for events that had nothing to do with them.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Apart from the abhorrent atrocity of 7th October (which you so callously downplay), we can take it back to 1948 when 3x Arab countries invaded Israel on the day that the UN declared Israel into being. Since then, Al Fatah carried out hideous acts of terrorism which you and at least one other also conveniently ignore.
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The only thing being callously downplayed is the Palestinian right to life and not be subjected to collective punishment at the hands of a military force. Indeed even counting the dead is something that isn’t permitted, and must be caveated at all times by Israeli denials and deflections. A luxury that isn’t afforded to anyone else, anywhere in the world, in normal reporting.